S4 or htc one - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone , I have heard that s4 9500 has many problems and buggs and where I live there's only the octa version .. and the development for it is so dead .. so should I get it or the htc one ?
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nguyendt said:
Hey everyone , I have heard that s4 9500 has many problems and buggs and where I live there's only the octa version .. and the development for it is so dead .. so should I get it or the htc one ?
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Hi,
First of all... there are here loads of threads with subject "s4 vs one'' and similar, so is no need of another one.
HTC One has problems and bugs also, you can check their threads and you will see. Now its really up to you what you want/need. If you don't care so much for those loudspeakers i don't see any other reason in choosing the One.
I would choose any s4 over the One, because of the non removable battery, no microsd slot and that 4 UltraPixel camera, which i think is a joke.
S4 with the new updates fixed most of the bugs, and will continue to get fixed with every update.
This is my personal opinion.

You are best off comparing the S4 and the ONE in a shop and then make your mind up, nobody can tell you what is best for YOU!
EDIT : One biggie, it take`s 4hr+ to fully charge the HTC One and only 1hr30m to charge the S4
Have a look at the HTC One forum and see what the problems are.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2115
John.

Dean-xXx said:
Hi,
First of all... there are here loads of threads with subject "s4 vs one'' and similar, so is no need of another one.
HTC One has problems and bugs also, you can check their threads and you will see. Now its really up to you what you want/need. If you don't care so much for those loudspeakers i don't see any other reason in choosing the One.
I would choose any s4 over the One, because of the non removable battery, no microsd slot and that 4 UltraPixel camera, which i think is a joke.
S4 with the new updates fixed most of the bugs, and will continue to get fixed with every update.
This is my personal opinion.
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I really loved my s3 and I still have it .. and the s4 9500 there isn't many development and I love flashing mods and rooms .. is the s4 good enough without custom rooms ?
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
You are best off comparing the S4 and the ONE in a shop and then make your mind up, nobody can tell you what is best for YOU!
EDIT : One biggie, it take`s 4hr+ to fully charge the HTC One and only 1hr30m to charge the S4
Have a look at the HTC One forum and see what the problems are.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2115
John.
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Damn 4 hours really :0 ?
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If you charge a li-ion battery too fast you can make it heat up and reduce it`s life, it is virtually impossible to replace the HTC One`s battery, apart from returning it to HTC, this must be the reason for the super slow charge rate.
Still i love my HTC One, i wish i had an S4 as well, but i dont have the money
John.
nguyendt said:
Damn 4 hours really :0 ?
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nguyendt said:
I really loved my s3 and I still have it .. and the s4 9500 there isn't many development and I love flashing mods and rooms .. is the s4 good enough without custom rooms ?
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Personally i like the S4's TW. So i don't really customize it too much.
On the other hand, there are mods for i9500 and there will always be, thats not a problem.
There aren't too many custom ROMS, and will be more difficult to get a stock Android ROM running properly on the 9500 because Samsung doesn't release the documentation for Exynos.
I'm thinkin that is no really need for custom ROMS... if you want, you can customize it yourself, you root it, you remove Samsung's bloatware, you change the launcher, you add mods and tweaks to your own stock ROM.. so that's what i think.
Like someone else said here, you can go to a shop and play with both phones.

Have a look on youtube, lots of video comparing the Samsung S4 and HTC One
John.

Dean-xXx said:
Personally i like the S4's TW. So i don't really customize it too much.
On the other hand, there are mods for i9500 and there will always be, thats not a problem.
There aren't too many custom ROMS, and will be more difficult to get a stock Android ROM running properly on the 9500 because Samsung doesn't release the documentation for Exynos.
I'm thinkin that is no really need for custom ROMS... if you want, you can customize it yourself, you root it, you remove Samsung's bloatware, you change the launcher, you add mods and tweaks to your own stock ROM.. so that's what i think.
Like someone else said here, you can go to a shop and play with both phones.
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ThanQ
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
Have a look on youtube, lots of video comparing the Samsung S4 and HTC One
John.
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I did I still can't compare lol htc one looks so sexy but s4 so many features it's a hard choice but I'm more into s4
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I've used both and really it all depends if you like an AMAZING camera and a ton of features (SGS4) VS a ok camera (besides low light) and not to many features but Ultra smooth UI with no lag whatsoever (HTC One). If you use the internal speakers a lot GET the HTC One. Those dual stereo speakers are just pure amazingness. If you want battery life go with the S4. And yes the HTC One takes long to charge. There are some bugs with the S4 though. People say it never lags but in all honesty, the S4 compared to the HTC One is very laggy. The HTC One has iPhone smoothness compared to the S4. All in all they are both amazing phones, and if I could I would have both i would. I stuck with the S4 mainly for the camera and the better battery life. But since you have the Exynos version I'm not sure how good the batter is.

nguyendt said:
I really loved my s3 and I still have it .. and the s4 9500 there isn't many development and I love flashing mods and rooms .. is the s4 good enough without custom rooms ?
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if you loved your s3 you are gonna love the S4 faster , better , and better battery backup

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[REQ] Galaxy S Rom

I would like to request devs to port a Galaxy S rom to Nexus S because of the media codec support and the touchwiz interface.
The Touchwiz UI alone is not enough because it misses all the useful additions that Samsung integrated into the ROM.
Buying a galaxy would be the best solution?
Dude it cost me a fortune to buy my mum a "star" god knows how much a galaxy will be!
I know what you mean but I think a galaxy rom would be a big downgrade on nexus....no gingerbread
Porting a galaxy s rom to the nexus s would be extremely hard if not impossible.
As the galaxy s runs android 2.2.
But since its the same hardware there is a possibility.
Who needs all them codecs when u can convert videos with Handbrake that work perfectly on the Nexus S.
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The tw slide text/call would be awesome
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Byte_76 said:
I would like to request devs to port a Galaxy S rom to Nexus S because of the media codec support and the touchwiz interface.
The Touchwiz UI alone is not enough because it misses all the useful additions that Samsung integrated into the ROM.
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I second this... most of you probably never owned a galaxy s phone to even realize what you're missing
But judging by the lack of development here and the fact they moved this to general were most devs to even look
i doubt it will happen
wish Eugene373 had a NS
sarge363 said:
Who needs all them codecs when u can convert videos with Handbrake that work perfectly on the Nexus S.
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you cant convert a video to get same quality unless you want to take up 12 gigs for an MP4 ive spent way too much time doing this and eventually gave up
dario3040 said:
Porting a galaxy s rom to the nexus s would be extremely hard if not impossible.
As the galaxy s runs android 2.2.
But since its the same hardware there is a possibility.
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Nothing is impossible considering its open source
FYI they have 2.3 working on galaxy s phones yea not 100% but still
i 'm only want CM7 rom with MIUI theme )
I would also like to see a port !
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the only thing I miss about my vibrant is the camera options and the ability to record in 720p. It was probably the best quality I ever seen for a video camera on a cell phone. Besides that, nexus s, owns
tmhung said:
i 'm only want CM7 rom with MIUI theme )
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I want this also
crking1980 said:
the only thing I miss about my vibrant is the camera options and the ability to record in 720p. It was probably the best quality I ever seen for a video camera on a cell phone. Besides that, nexus s, owns
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yup loved the touch focus
cant do 720p thanks to hardware limitation blame Google becasue they wanted to implement NFC crap the pretty much replaced the HD chip and Micro SD slot area.
But yea no doubt NS still better phone just wish we could utilize it for what its worth
I'm running CM and I do miss some things. Codecs, HW accelerated browser, touchwiz, swype... But it's not worth the crap that it comes with. RFS lag and flaky lagfixes, bloatware that's hardwired into the framework, interface lag (no JIT, makes a huge difference). Basically it's not a good tradeoff. Once I have voodoo sound and swype back I'll forget Samsung ROMS.
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Please put back into development section. Developers dont even look here
other sub forums have "[THINK TANK] [REQUEST] in development section to give developers ideas ...ect
demo23019 said:
you cant convert a video to get same quality unless you want to take up 12 gigs for an MP4 ive spent way too much time doing this and eventually gave up
Nothing is impossible considering its open source
FYI they have 2.3 working on galaxy s phones yea not 100% but still
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The movies I've converted look good enough. Nothing over 2gb works but think about it......its a phone not a home entertainment system. It works great as a portable device. If I want to watch something in full HD there are better ways than a 4 inch screen.
Maybe when the new Vibrant 4g gets a 2.3 update
PS: I do miss Allshare.....
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This has been requested more times than I can count...
kenvan19 said:
This has been requested more times than I can count...
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Guess why
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seriously? someone actually WANTS Touchwiz on their Nexus S
hoseth0711 said:
Guess why
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Because people don't know how to search so they start new threads asking for the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
Instead of reading previous posts and realizing why it hasn't been ported yet.
But hey, if all of you want it so bad why don't you learn to code for android and port it yourself?

Samsung Galaxy II rom for myTouch 4G?

The myTouch 4g is a great phone and I know this is possible but I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to port the Galaxy S II rom to the myTouch 4g I think alot of people would appreciate it. If you guys want the rom from the Galaxy S II please reply to let developers know that you want it as bad as I do!!!!!!! :-D If I was a developer I would port it but I cant. Unless someone walks me through it.......Developers please reply Thank You
-Yonkersboy127
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Do you mean a touchwiz 4.0 rom? If so, I'm pretty sure there are compatibility issue reasons why the mt4g doesn't have any touchwiz based roms. (I could be totally wrong here, I'm no dev, & welcome the correct answer)... But yea, I think that's why we have sense-based roms, cm based, miui...
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Yes a Touchwiz 4.0 rom, you maybe are right and thank you for the reply I appreciate it Im just looking for something new instead of the same old same...lol but thanks again. Im currently looking into becoming a Developer I love the work they make and i would love to become a part in it. I have been with XDA since the G1 days and i think im about ready to start working on becoming a Developer.... So if there is anyone that can help me or point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it...Thanks for all the help guys
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If you want TouchWiz, you can download TouchWiz 4 pack for MIUI, install MIUI, and install the pack. It might work (and might not).
Use some Google search to get the files. The pack is 161MB. I believe it's somewhere in Galaxy S or S2 sections.
Thanks Jack_R1 is that pack more miui though? Or does it run just like a touchwiz rom? Cause im not that MIUI friendly lol...
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This is a complete TouchWiz, except for system menus and dialogs.
You can try to install it over CM7, I believe there were reports of it working.
I remember seeing sense ROM's available for Samsung phones that normally ran Touchwiz. I suppose the reverse SHOULD be possible. Though porting a ROM to a phone with completely different hardware that no other touchwiz ROMs are available for would be a pain. No examples to learn from and so on.
Hmm. Any Devs with thoughts?
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It could be done, but it would be very very very hard and time consuming. EDT at one point was trying to port sense to the vibrant, but that really didnt end up as anything, so I would assume it would be the same porting TW to the mytouch. Im sure the right dev with enough time could get a port working.
sorry i cant answer your question but i have an alternative.
if you just want touchwiz 4 and UI that looks like SGSII, here:
1. flash CM7
2. find samsung theme for theme chooser (can be found here anyway)
3. install the theme
4. install the touchwiz 4 from here
5. you done, simple like that.
Why would u want to take a perfectly fine htc product and ruin it with samsuck crap?
pinguo777 said:
Why would u want to take a perfectly fine htc product and ruin it with samsuck crap?
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+1 if you like Samsuck so much then why did you even buy an HTC in the first place?
pinguo777 said:
Why would u want to take a perfectly fine htc product and ruin it with samsuck crap?
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The same reason people put CM7 and/or MIUI on the MT4G. Maybe he doesn't want the bloated Sense and would rather have a TW4 GB UI that already has hardware accelerated launcher and much less bloat.
With that said, as nice as it'd be, it's not possible. The list goes on in what you would need to put TW4 on any phone that's not Samsung.
mackster248 said:
The same reason people put CM7 and/or MIUI on the MT4G. Maybe he doesn't want the bloated Sense and would rather have a TW4 GB UI that already has hardware accelerated launcher and much less bloat.
With that said, as nice as it'd be, it's not possible. The list goes on in what you would need to put TW4 on any phone that's not Samsung.
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This. I really wish people would think before bashing others desires.
GazaIan said:
This. I really wish people would think before bashing others desires.
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That's what I'm saying... Too many fan-boys on a certain UI rather than being open minded.
Sense is my favorite non AOSP UI as well. But it's no where as smooth and as fast as TW4. Hell, even the new MotoBlur easily trumps Sense speed wise.
mackster248 said:
That's what I'm saying... Too many fan-boys on a certain UI rather than being open minded.
Sense is my favorite non AOSP UI as well. But it's no where as smooth and as fast as TW4. Hell, even the new MotoBlur easily trumps Sense speed wise.
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my dad has a galaxy S with TW 4.. and it's REALLY laggy... no joke...just saying
and laggy as in SO MUCH OF IT THAT YOU JUST WANT TO CHUCK THE PHONE INTO A WALL lol
saranhai said:
my dad has a galaxy S with TW 4.. and it's REALLY laggy... no joke...just saying
and laggy as in SO MUCH OF IT THAT YOU JUST WANT TO CHUCK THE PHONE INTO A WALL lol
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Galaxy S 1 or 2? Because there's a big difference. My gf's stock SGSII is the smoothest and fastest I've ever tried, faster than any custom ROM that I've ever tried. There's no TW4 for SGS1, just TW3.
There are custom ROMs with TW4 on SGS1.
This thing will quickly become laggy if you seriously use it, whatever you put on it. Except MIUI.
Jack_R1 said:
There are custom ROMs with TW4 on SGS1.
This thing will quickly become laggy if you seriously use it, whatever you put on it. Except MIUI.
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When I built bi-winning v3 for the vibrant, I used tw4. Never lagged for me or anyone else that used that Rom.
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mackster248 said:
Galaxy S 1 or 2? Because there's a big difference. My gf's stock SGSII is the smoothest and fastest I've ever tried, faster than any custom ROM that I've ever tried. There's no TW4 for SGS1, just TW3.
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GT-I9000.
Rooted, and custom Rom, with lagfix enabled. Still lags.
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touchwiz ui port?

i found app called rom porter in some thread
and i did manufacturer port with that of s4 stock rom no mods nothing will the port that i made will boot because i'm afraid if that bricked my phone
and dont know anything about porting or someother stuff
but is it safe to flash that rom if something goes wrong what can i do please
i want s4 camera basically all those features of s4 camera so is there any other way i can get that on my aosp rom
and as a base i have used our stock google aosp rom no mod nothing
I guess No. As it requires a different set of framework.
Off-topic: I hope people here don't eat you alive but sadly the most common answer to such threads on xda is: "What a loser, why buy Nexus..Go get a Samsung.. Huh"
s4 camera hardware is completely different than the nexus 4 camera hardware, how do you expect the s4 camera on a nexus 4?? and no, porting the s4 rom onto the n4 isnt as easy as an app, theres much more to it, especially from a completely different phone with completely different drivers/framework/hardware.
simms22 said:
s4 camera hardware is completely different than the nexus 4 camera hardware, how do you expect the s4 camera on a nexus 4?? and no, porting the s4 rom onto the n4 isnt as easy as an app, theres much more to it, especially from a completely different phone with completely different drivers/framework/hardware.
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filthykid said:
I guess No. As it requires a different set of framework.
Off-topic: I hope people here don't eat you alive but sadly the most common answer to such threads on xda is: "What a loser, why buy Nexus..Go get a Samsung.. Huh"
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thanks for that can you say which other camera app has those kind of features i mean all that effects that sort of ui and feature like when you take a picture and if there is a moving object it remove that i dont know whats the name for that effect
Tough one bro. However you can get feature some what like the Drama shot but this "removing moving object".. I don't think so you can get it on any App.
filthykid said:
Tough one bro. However you can get feature some what like the Drama shot but this "removing moving object".. I don't think so you can get it on any App.
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can you please name a app bro
i tried few but they have pretty bad ui
mangomonkey00 said:
can you please name a app bro
i tried few but they have pretty bad ui
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Clone Camera Clone Camera. It's the best cloning App out there. And I have used MANY. Almost all available on app store. See in the attached SC.
Not a full port, but most touchwiz ui elements have been brought over. Check it out here: http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/03/twnexusui-rom-for-nexus-4-touchwiz-look.html?m=1
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[Q] Transform 9505 in 9505G (differences)

Hi Friends,
Is possible in future (development and research) transform regular 9505 in 9505G, not only ROM ports. Or they have hardware differences?
I'm referring to support the (amazing) commands in fastboot fo Nexus Devices.
PS.: Sorry my badly english.
correct me if I'm wrong but the bootloader is different on the G so probably not.
symondo12 said:
correct me if I'm wrong but the bootloader is different on the G so probably not.
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Totally different partitions etc etc. But there's some genius devs out there so maybe! It's a pretty long shot though, don't hold your breath.
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Even if they could get it working I can imagine there would be a great risk of bricking your device. Anyways I don't think id like to be stuck on GE. As good as the firmware is the lack of choice and features would get pretty boring lol. They've managed to get duel boot working on the i9500 so I'm hope they i9505 will be soon to follow!
I have a I9505, recently flashed a new ROM on it. Now my model number in About Phone shows GT-I19505G,
I suppose that isn't quite the same?
pjilka said:
I have a I9505, recently flashed a new ROM on it. Now my model number in About Phone shows GT-I19505G,
I suppose that isn't quite the same?
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No it isn`t.
symondo12 said:
Even if they could get it working I can imagine there would be a great risk of bricking your device. Anyways I don't think id like to be stuck on GE. As good as the firmware is the lack of choice and features would get pretty boring lol. They've managed to get duel boot working on the i9500 so I'm hope they i9505 will be soon to follow!
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I'm keeping an eye on the below thread, it allows you to switch from GE to touchwiz based ROM, its in beta testing at the moment and it will hopefully be released for everyone soon. The handy thing is that your data is shared between both ROMs, which means apps installed on one ROM appear in the other and vice versa.
http://www.modaco.com/topic/364246-beta-2-modacoswitch-s4-i9505-support-topic/
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Looks very interesting! I'll keep an eye on that. Thanks for the link!
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Looks very interesting! I'll keep an eye on that. Thanks for the link!
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No worries, it does look great. I've been watching the 4.2.2 and 4.3 GE ROM threads closely but been holding out for this as it seems like the perfect solution to experience the best of both worlds.
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[PORT] Touchwiz Coming Soon...

Hey Peeps! What up ? I Am going to PORT Touchwiz to Moto G, Well atleast i am going to try. I am going to start working as soon as Samsung starts rolling KitKat Update.Once it got booted i will create a thread in Android Development.
The reason for creating this post is to aware people about my work & Of course to grab some attention.
Why Touchwiz ?
Well, There are already some Manufacturers PORTs being Develop.So, I ended up this.
I might some help in Future ? With Tests,Logcats,Kernels,Boot,Etc......Are you up ?
Let's see how many people supports me..
Thank You!!
(Please don't hate me for Choosing Touchwiz,There's no other UI to Port ​
Just a quick design/typographic suggestion for you, friend: this post is not readable when someone is using the XDA Premium app with dark background settings. Your black font color does not contrast well with the app's background.
In order to reach a wider audience, you might want to remove the color-equals-black tags from your OP.
Good luck with your project...
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Good luck. But I am not a fan of touchwiz.
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Port galaxy s5 touchwiz, not the other ones
@J.K pls let us know about your past experience/work on porting
if you are new to this porting stuff. then all the best for your work
i would like to mention this you are over confident..
not going to be rude or anything but I just find touchwiz really ugly. it doesn't look nice
Agreed, good luck with your port but i'll never touch something with touchwiz.
Why would you pick the most ugliest version of Android to replace the beautiful vanilla version on the Moto G? Most Samsung owners who root their phones switch to AOSP based ROMs as soon as possible. And here you are trying to bring this monstrosity into your life? Why? Why? Why?
Just messing with you dude. All the best with the port.
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TW is the reason why i hate Sammy phones so much. Still i wish you good luck.
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bublz654 said:
not going to be rude or anything but I just find touchwiz really ugly. it doesn't look nice
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From what ive read, they actually have a consistent look on s5 touchwiz and also more flat.
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From what ive read, they actually have a consistent look on s5 touchwiz and also more flat.
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it's flat but still ugly, here is the best representation of it Galaxy launcher
lifetimes said:
it's flat but still ugly, here is the best representation of it Galaxy launcher
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I dont see the problem with that launcher? Maybe its because i use Android L Wallpaper. Only thing i noticed is that that folder is ugly.
First of all, there is no reason for discouraging remarks to members who want to contribute to the community. If you don't like what they are doing, nobody is forcing you to flash it on your phone. Move along and get on with your day.
Secondly, we do not allow placeholder threads here. When the work is complete, feel free to post it. For this reason I'm closing this thread.
Thanks.

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